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Trying to clean up a friend's computer. Installed adaware, spybot, AVG, and HJT. Adaware got almost to 4 digits of junk deleted. Have run each multiple times except AVG. Thought I'd get some help before going any further.

Below is the HJT log. I know it's still showing some stuff I want to delete, but would like confirmation before I delete anything there.

I also checked something that I should have checked before I started all this. We are now in the process of installing 23 windows critical updates. We'll also check to see what other updates we want to install after that.

The computer is working much better. Instructions will be left for running windows update, AVG, adaware, spybot, and any other programs you recommend after we get this cleaned up.

This process will clean out your Temp files and your Temporary Internet Files. Please do both steps:

Step 1:Delete Temp FilesTo clean out your temp files, click on Start and then run, and type %temp% and press the ok button.

This should open up the temp directory that your machine uses. Please delete all files that are found there. If you get an error when deleting a file, skip that file and delete all the others. If you had trouble deleting a file, reboot into Safe Mode and follow this step again. You should now be able to delete all the files.

Step 2: Delete Temporary Internet FilesNow I want you to open up Internet Explorer, and click on the Tools menu and then Internet Options. At the General tab, which should be the first tab you are currently on, click on the Delete Files button and put a checkmark in Delete offline content. Then press the OK button. This may take quite a while, so do not be alarmed with how long it takes. When it is done, your Temporary Internet Files will now be deleted.

Finally, and definitely the MOST IMPORTANT step, click on the following tutorial and follow each step listed there: